European bonds rise as ECB may cut rates next week

Eurozone's government bonds increased on Friday amid speculation that the European Central Bank may cut the benchmark interest rates as early as the next policy meeting taking place next as the 17-nation bloc inflation is shy of target of 2%. Spanish 10-year yields dropped 0.02% to 4.02 after the rates fell to 3.98% yesterday, while German 10-year bunds yielded at 1.68%.